4 ms·

I didn't know that was only a British phrase. What would an American say: you choked? you blew it?

• xnx 2y ago
  "chickened out" comes closest to what I understand "bottled it" to mean
• gnat 2y ago
  Choked is the American idiom I associate with the same phenomenon. (Anglo Kiwi who lived in US for 10 years and is equally amused by both cultures’ idioms)